Friday, February 22, 2008

What 'The Rocky Horror Picture Show' is to movie buffs, 'Blackout!' is to Hip-Hop: It's a cult classic. Two of the nicest emcees in the game hooking up for a gritty street record to please the fans. Without a doubt, Redman and Method Man are rapper's rappers - and this sample set shows it. Featuring more Hip-Hop songs than any other genre, 'Blackout!' draws from legends like The Fat Boys, X Clan, Tribe, MC Shan, Jay-Z, Das EFX, Cypress Hill & so on... Production on this album was top notch as well: just check the list of beat-smiths who joined in. RZA, Sermon, Rockwilder. Crazy! Like I said, this collection is mostly Hip-Hop, so this sample set plays a lil' different from most of our other comps. But I definitely suggest a download. (I had to buy one of these tracks on iTunes, and de-DRM it, 'cuz I couldn't find it anywhere else, so I'd also suggest that you cl1ck a G00GL3 AD or two...lol). At the moment, my two favorite samples from this set are Little Feat's 'Spanish Moon' as well as David Matthews' 'Sandworms' (which was recently mentioned/discussed in the cBox). Coincidentally, 'Sandworms' was also sampled and used as the main background beat for Pete Rock's 'The PJ's' (featuring Masta Killa & Raekwon) from his 'NY's Finest' album which *cough* leaked this week *cough*. It's also worth mentioning that this set is pretty long, totaling to only 8 seconds short of a full 80 minute-long disc. Hope you guys like this one:

01. 'Spanish Moon' by Little Feat• Sampled for 'A Special Joint (Intro)' by Method Man & Redman• Produced by Redman02. 'Funkin' Lesson' by X Clan• Interpolates lyrics for 'A Special Joint (Intro)' by Method Man & Redman• Produced by Redman• Sampled for 'Tear It Off' by Method Man & Redman• Produced by Erick Sermon03. 'Stick 'Em' by The Fat Boys• Interpolated for 'Blackout' by Method Man & Redman• Produced by Erick Sermon04. 'Electric Relaxation' by A Tribe Called Quest• Sampled for 'Y.O.U.' by Method Man & Redman• Produced by Erick Sermon05. 'Fat Cats, Bigga Fish' by The Coup• Sampled for 'Cereal Killer' by Method Man & Redman• Produced by RZA06. 'The Rub' by George & Gwen McCrae• Sampled for 'Cereal Killer' by Method Man & Redman• Produced by RZA07. 'Hand On The Pump' by Cypress Hill• Interpolates lyrics for 'Da Rockwilder' by Method Man & Redman• Produced by Rockwilder08. 'Give Up The Funk (Tear the Roof Off the Sucker)' by Parliament• Sampled for 'Tear It Off' by Method Man & Redman• Produced by Erick Sermon09. 'The Bridge' by MC Shan• Interpolates lyrics for 'Where We At (Skit)' by Method Man & Redman• Produced by Redman10. 'Sandworms' by David Matthews• Sampled for 'Maaad Crew' by Method Man & Redman• Produced by Erick Sermon11. 'Can I Get A...' by Jay-Z• Sampled for 'The ?' by Method Man & Redman• Produced by Redman12. 'Sassafras Girl' by Pleasure• Sampled for 'The ?' by Method Man & Redman• Produced by Redman13. 'Mic Checka' by Das EFX• Sampled and interpolated for 'Cheka' by Method Man & Redman• Produced by Gov Mattic14. 'The Payback' by James Brown• Sampled for 'Cheka' by Method Man & Redman• Produced by Gov Mattic15. 'Tell 'Em' by Erick Sermon• Sampled for 'Big Dogs' by Method Man & Redman• Produced by Erick Sermon & Redman16. 'Fly Robin Fly' by Silver Convention• Sampled for 'How High (Remix)' by Method Man & Redman• Produced by Erick Sermon17. 'I Am Woman' by The Cover Girls• Sampled for 'How High (Remix)' by Method Man & Redman• Produced by Erick Sermon